Effect of pain management program in terminal cancer patients by prayer. Rong Kham District, Kalasin Province

Abstract

     This research was a quasi-experimental research (Quasi - Experiment by two group pre-post design) with two groups measuring before and after the activity. The objective was to study the effects of a pain management program in terminal cancer patients by prayer The samples in this study were patients who were diagnosed by doctors with stage 3 and 4 cancer, or whose disease

had spread to various body systems. Buddhist receiving services at Rong Kham Hospital Kalasin Province Between May 2022 - May 2023, 60 people were selected by purposive sampling, divided into 30 experimental groups and 30 control groups. The control group received normal nursing care. The experimental group received normal nursing care together with the prayer-based pain management program for 7 days. The results were measured before and after the 7th day. The research instrument was the pain management program in patients with advanced cancer. finally by prayer The researcher developed from the symptom management model of Dodd et al. (2001) and the concept of prayer as part of integrated nursing. The program consists of 4 steps namely 1) assessment of patients' needs and cognitive experiences, 2) knowledge on pain management, 3) prayer skills training, and 4) evaluation. The media used in the program It includes a self-care lesson plan for pain relief. Self-care guide to pain relief through prayer. In which the contents and CDs or audio recordings of chanting Itipiso mantras in praise of the Lord Buddha. The researchers tested content validity from 5 experts. The reliability of the tools was tested by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The confidence value was 0.83. The statistics used in data analysis were mean, standard deviation. variance test statistics and t test statistics

     The research results showed that: 1) The pain after 7 days of the experiment was less than that of the control group. Statistically significant at the .05 level. 2)  The pain after 7 days of the experimental group was less than before the experimental period. Statistically significant at the .05 level.